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Radio History

On This Day – Jan 7

Regis

 It was on this day in 1904 that the wireless of radio distress signal “CQD” was established as the international

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Radio History

On This Day – Jan 6

Regis

Fact of the Day:  It was on this day in 1931 that Thomas Edison submitted his last patent. It was

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Radio History

On This Day – Jan 5

Regis

 Fact of the day: It was on this day in 1940 that Edwin Armstrong first demonstrated to the FCC in the

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Blog

Net Log 12/23/2020

Regis

A big thanks to John (W4AZT ), Ben (N4FHL) and BoB (K4NBZ) as 2020 dominant Net control operators. Merry Christmas

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ArchiveNews

WinLink Basics Presentation

Darrell

These are the PowerPoint slides presented at the RVARC May 22, 2020 meeting. Please direct any questions to darrell@ki4lla.us

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RVARC Health & Wellness Net

Darrell

New Health & Wellness Net Stay in touch with others in the Ham community by checking in at 7:00 pm

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Need Help with your FRN / FCC ID?

Darrell

Forgotten your FRN password?  Need to set your “Personal Security Question” or just need to print an official copy of

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WinLink Express over VHF using SignaLink USB

Darrell

This is a follow-up from the presentation at RVARC on May 10, 2019. I’ve included the links to the reference

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Taking Your Amateur Radio License Exam

Darrell

AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE EXAMS Held on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Testing in June is held at the RVARC

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Mailing Address
ROANOKE VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
PO Box 2002
Roanoke, VA 24009
USA

Meetings are held at:
Roanoke Valley American Red Cross
352 Church Avenue, SW
Roanoke, VA 24016

We meet on the 2nd & 4th Friday of the month at 7 p.m. Except for June and November when we only meet on the 2nd Friday. We DO NOT meet any Friday in December.

NET

We have a weekly social net on Wednesday at 7 p.m. or 1900 hours local on the W4CA repeater. The repeater is located on 146.985 (-) pl 107.2.

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